IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Objective: To evaluate the mental health status of undergraduate’s students of three different programs. To correlate the related factors influencing GAD-7 score and to assess the coping methods practiced by undergraduates during COVID-19 outbreak. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Place a...

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Autores principales:	Kiran Fatima Bana, Shaur Sarfraz
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	coping method covid-19 dental undergraduates medical undergraduate mental health Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a87737c5ffa845819c145e6e1c6141262021-12-02T18:03:02ZIMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/a87737c5ffa845819c145e6e1c6141262020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5584https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To evaluate the mental health status of undergraduate’s students of three different programs. To correlate the related factors influencing GAD-7 score and to assess the coping methods practiced by undergraduates during COVID-19 outbreak. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: COVID-19 lock down period among public and private universities in Karachi, from 10th May to 30th May 2020. Methodology: It was conducted among the medical, dental and engineering students of private sector universities of Karachi. The GADS-7 (Generalized anxiety disorder scale 7-items) validated tool was used along with the demographic variables, related stress factors and the coping skills practiced. Total 571 questionnaires were found completed in all sections. Results: From the total students 132 (23.1%) experienced mild, 343 (60.1%) moderate and 78 (13.7%) had severe anxiety level on GADS-7. All related stressors were significantly associated with GAD-7 scale at p-value of <0.01. Moreover the results depicted that there was a moderate positive correlation found (0.489, 0.342, 0.310 and 0.328) for all related stressors. Taking breaks from watching, reading news about outbreak of COVID-19, meditation and engaging in some other activities were the most frequently used coping strategies among undergraduates’. Conclusion: Study has shown 96.9% drastically augmented level of anxiety. There was significant difference found in mental health of all three cohorts. There was a moderate positive correlation found for all related stressors. Taking breaks from watching, reading news about the outbreak of COVID-19 was the most frequent coping behavior practiced by all students.Kiran Fatima BanaShaur SarfrazArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlecoping methodcovid-19dental undergraduatesmedical undergraduatemental healthMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 5, Pp 1453-1459 (2020)
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spellingShingle	coping method covid-19 dental undergraduates medical undergraduate mental health Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Kiran Fatima Bana Shaur Sarfraz IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
description	Objective: To evaluate the mental health status of undergraduate’s students of three different programs. To correlate the related factors influencing GAD-7 score and to assess the coping methods practiced by undergraduates during COVID-19 outbreak. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: COVID-19 lock down period among public and private universities in Karachi, from 10th May to 30th May 2020. Methodology: It was conducted among the medical, dental and engineering students of private sector universities of Karachi. The GADS-7 (Generalized anxiety disorder scale 7-items) validated tool was used along with the demographic variables, related stress factors and the coping skills practiced. Total 571 questionnaires were found completed in all sections. Results: From the total students 132 (23.1%) experienced mild, 343 (60.1%) moderate and 78 (13.7%) had severe anxiety level on GADS-7. All related stressors were significantly associated with GAD-7 scale at p-value of <0.01. Moreover the results depicted that there was a moderate positive correlation found (0.489, 0.342, 0.310 and 0.328) for all related stressors. Taking breaks from watching, reading news about outbreak of COVID-19, meditation and engaging in some other activities were the most frequently used coping strategies among undergraduates’. Conclusion: Study has shown 96.9% drastically augmented level of anxiety. There was significant difference found in mental health of all three cohorts. There was a moderate positive correlation found for all related stressors. Taking breaks from watching, reading news about the outbreak of COVID-19 was the most frequent coping behavior practiced by all students.
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title	IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_short	IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full	IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_fullStr	IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
title_full_unstemmed	IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH OF UNDERGRADUATES AND THE WAYS TO COPE STRESS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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